PHILOSOPHER

Buddhapālita

470 - 550

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Buddhapālita (Chinese: 佛護; Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་བསྐྱངས་, Wylie: sangs rgyas bskyangs, fl. 5th-6th centuries CE) was an Indian Mahayana Buddhist commentator on the works of Nagarjuna and Aryadeva. His Mūlamadhyamaka-vṛtti is an influential commentary to the Mūlamadhyamakakarikā. Buddhapālita's commentarial approach works was criticised by his contemporary Bhāviveka, and then defended by the later Candrakīrti (c. 600–650). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Buddhapālita is the 1,106th most popular philosopher (up from 1,178th in 2019). (up from 4,145th in 2019)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Buddhapālita ranks 1,106 out of 1,267. Before him are Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Albert Razin, Hermann Gunkel, Rosi Braidotti, and John Hick. After him are Wilhelm Gesenius, Władysław Tatarkiewicz, Ladislav Klíma, Egon Bondy, Maitreyi, and Aleksei Losev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 470, Buddhapālita ranks 10. Before him are Theudis, Medardus, Caesarius of Arles, Audofleda, Albinus of Angers, and Caradoc. After him are Finnian of Clonard, and Narasimhagupta. Among people deceased in 550, Buddhapālita ranks 6. Before him are Aryabhata, Damascius, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Albinus of Angers, and John Troglita.

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